A filing submitted Wednesday night by the Department of Justice indicates that East Potomac Park and its public golf course in Washington, D.C., are scheduled to close on Nov. 15, clearing the way for the Trump administration to implement renovations aimed at creating a championship-level course.

Golfers at East Potomac were not buying the plans or the impending closure on Thursday, according to DC News Now.

"It's not going to work. I don't see the point," said Neil Conway, a regular at the course. "But there doesn't seem to be any solution."

Conway believes the renovations will put the course out of reach for most of the people who use it now. "It was almost like the average person's country club," he said. "They have all kinds of teams and instructions for the young people. It's a big deal because it won't be the same."

High school teams that use the course for practice will also be affected. "We're going to have to look for options that are not optimal," said Dave Knorr, head golf coach at Arlington's Wakefield High School. His team is on the course every day of the season, and he said there are few public alternatives where students can get the kind of range the park affords.

Toby Clark, who golfs at the park, pointed out that the grounds also serve bicyclists, runners, people who fish or picnic, and those who take a walk. The Trump administration has put forward a rendering of what the new course will look like, with no road, bike lane or running path shown.

The administration says it will put its official plan before the National Capital Planning Commission on Dec. 3, two weeks after the park is shut down.

That contrast — a park that today hosts daily public play, high school practices and casual recreation, against a course designed for private events and pro tournaments — runs through both the golfers' skepticism and the court fight now attached to the project.

In the meantime, a federal court has told the Trump administration to stand down from an effort publicly championed by President Trump to turn a treasured piece of American history into an exclusive, high-end golf course for the president and wealthy elites. The preliminary injunction in DC Preservation League v. Department of the Interior — filed by the DC Preservation League and two residents, who are represented by Democracy Forward, Lowell & Associates and the Democracy Defenders Fund — supersedes a temporary restraining order.

Under the ruling, the National Park Service is temporarily barred from any further tree removal at East Potomac Park to advance Trump's Washington National plan, which would restrict access to the park and convert it into a golf course for private events and pro tournaments.

The judge has also mandated ten business days' notice from the administration before any closure or other irreversible changes to the course are made. A motions hearing in federal court is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, leaving the Nov. 15 closure date, the Dec. 3 planning commission review and the ten-business-day notice requirement all on the calendar at once.